Therapeutic foster care parents are needed

Nov. 24, 2012

Written by

Annie F.B. Unpingco

Last Saturday I put out a call for interested adults to become therapeutic foster parents to a child or youth in need. Therapeutic foster care is a mental health service for children and youths with significant mental health needs who cannot be cared for in their own home.

It's an alternative to institutional care, be it a group or residential care, and incarceration. It is least restrictive and most conducive, integrated out-of-home placement for the child/youth with mental health needs. It is a natural, home-like environment with individualized care addressing the child's special ...